Sentences with phrase «garbage dump located»

Vik Muniz was the subject of the Academy Award nominated documentary film Waste Land (2010) which followed his work with a group of catadores — pickers of recyclable materials — in Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest garbage dump located outside Rio de Janeiro.

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The first screening June 14 is of Waste Land, which follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

These days New York's waste from those ubiquitous white garbage collection trucks is dumped onto the floor of waste transfer stations that are typically located in poor neighborhoods, and then loaded onto large trucks for shipment out of New York City.

In contrast, a case called Godin v. Jenovac featured buyers who were astonished to learn after closing that their dream home was located next to what was formerly a garbage dump, a fact they confirmed with the seller.